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Sao Tome and Principe Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Sao Tome and Principe › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Sao Tome and Principe indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Dobra
Currency Symbol: STD

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Sao Tome and Principe , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe in year 2010 is -32.026 %

This makes Sao Tome and Principe No. 180 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Sao Tome and Principe is 29.35 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe was -28.04 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe in 2010 was or will be 14.20% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe was or will be -44.72 %, which is 39.65% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Sao Tome and Principe, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -24.888
  2015 -26.766
  2014 -38.273
  2013 -39.119
  2012 -42.545
  2011 -44.723
2010 -32.026
  2009 -28.043
  2008 -37.779
  2007 -37.586
  2006 -27.497
  2005 -9.491
  2004 -16.168
  2003 -14.105
  2002 -16.589
  2001 -20.968
  2000 -15.078
  1999 -15.669
  1998 -17.256
  1997 -14.677
  1996 -17.568
  1995 -26.176
  1994 -18.839
  1993 -23.608
  1992 -28.378
  1991 -31.627
  1990 -24.928
  1989 -28.37
  1988 -18.743
  1987 -9.966
  1986 -12.636
  1985 -23.08
  1984 -22.002
  1983 -16.045
  1982 -34.267
  1981 -23.605
  1980 -19.828